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Retrenchment

noun / ri-TRENCH-ment / Medium
Meaning

A reduction in expenditure, staffing, or scope, typically undertaken as a cost-cutting or defensive measure

Origin / Etymology

French retrancher, 'to cut off,' from Latin truncare, 'to cut short'

Synonyms
Curtailment Cutback Downsizing
Antonyms
Expansion Augmentation
Example Sentence
"Donor retrenchment in global health financing, with development assistance forecast to fall to a fifteen-year low, has removed the option of substituting external aid for domestic governance reform."
🎯 UPSC Usage

Deploy in GS2/GS3 Mains answers on foreign-aid cuts, fiscal consolidation, or departmental downsizing; a strong phrase is 'the retrenchment of development assistance has forced recipient health systems to internalise the cost of reform.'

Relevant Subjects
Economy
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